男兒 (naam4 ji4) — a man; a guy in Cantonese | HKDictionary

naamˎ₄男jiˎ₄兒

简男儿

Mandarin Pinyin: nan2 er2

Meaning of 男兒

nouna man; a guy

Characters in 男兒

human male; man; boy; son

final particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話, see: 兒化, 兒化韻)

Words Containing 男兒

男兒志在四方naam4 ji4 zi3 zoi6 sei3 fong1

a man should have great ambitions and ideals

男兒膝下有黃金naam4 ji4 sat1 haa6 jau5 wong4 gam1

a man should not be quick to bow his knees

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